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Social grooming and how scammers delve into your online activities

The Internet has become a breeding ground for fraudsters, with billions of pounds being lost every year to scammers as we all spend more time online.

There are few of us who don’t use the net for shopping, socialising, dating, chatting – and ultimately sharing personal details.

Scammers sometimes use sophisticated methods but most are, in reality, just old-fashioned confidence tricks that dupe a trusting public into revealing passwords, banking codes or personal details to steal cash.